Fifth Generation

16. (Willie
P.) William Pinkney Abernethy 185419
was born about 1854 in Lenior, NC.13
I have just received a letter with a copy of information that Benjamin Abernethy
gave the social security office, when he applied for a SSI number.

source:
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It's a pity that the 1900 and 1910 census records aren't indexed on Ancestry
yet, as are 1920 and 1930, however knowing where you're trying to find the people
you're looking for is almost as good as an index, when the clues are as strong
as they are here. Therefore:

Census, 1900, Burke Co, NC, Lovelady, ED 10, p. 180a&b, household 171-173:
Abernathy, William P. age 49 b. Nov 1850, Maggie, age 42, b. Sep 1857. Maggie
had 9 children, of whom all were still alive at the time, albeit not all 'at
home' with their parents. The household in 1900 included the 5 youngest children:
Charles (17), daughter May (15), 'Bennie' (13) whom I believe is your Benjamin,
son Everet (8) and son Bertie (4). William P. Abernathy, wife Margaret, and the
4 elder children were found on the 1880 Census for Burke Co, NC, p. 263a, in
the Lovelady community. William is listed as a Carpenter. William is listed in
the 1870 Burke County NC census as 'Willie P'. Census Roll M593_1126, Lovelady,
p. 319, household #43-43, date 23 Jul, age 16. His parents are Logan Benjamin
and Catharine (Jarrett) Abernathy.

Logan Benjamin Abernathy (1824-1909) was the next younger brother to Robert Laban
Abernathy, Founder & President of Rutherford College, who also had a son
named William, as you discovered, but my database shows William Ellis Abernathy
married to a Miss Bertha Thomas Winn, and the 1900 census confirms that it was
his cousin 'Willie P' who married Maggie. Estimated date of that marriage: 1871
or 1872. A letter to the relevant Burke County officers may well yield a certified
copy of the license.

Robert Laban and Logan Benjamin are the two eldest children of Turner T. and
Fannie (Whitener) Abernathy. I can trace that couple back thru the 1840, 1850,
and 1860 census records but cannot identify two of the 10 children as yet. I
cannot fully document at this time Turner's link to his presumed parents, Robert
Abernathy and Sarah Nichols. Nor can I demonstrate with solid evidence that Robert's
link with parents, either. I, personally, have Robert tentatively shown in my
database as a son of David and Ann (Turner) Abernathy, but the evidence is not
as conclusive as I would like. And there are those who claim Robert as a child
of a different set of parents, pointing to some of the same documentation to
do so. That far back, things can sometimes get murky, you see?

(Willie P.) William Pinkney Abernethy 1854 and Margaret (Maggie) Elizabeth
(Griffin) Griffon were married in 1871/72 in Lenior, NC. FamilySearch
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17. Margaret (Maggie) Elizabeth (Griffin)
Griffon was born about 1854 in Lenior, NC.3
She was born about 1854 in Lenior, NC.13
She died on 12 Sep 1945 in Lenior, NC.3
She was born WFT Est. 1854 in Lenior, NC. She was born WFT Est.
1854 in Lenior, NC. She died in Lenior, NC. She died
in Lenior, NC.13 She died
in Lenior, NC. Children were:

i.

Joseph A. Abernethy was born about 1873
in NC.

ii.

Rosa
A. Abernethy was born about 1875 in NC.

iii.

Fannie T. Abernethy was born about 1878
in NC.

iv.

William
L. Abernethy was born about 1878 in NC.

v.

Charles Ivey Abernethy was born on 17
May 1882 in Burke County, North Carolina. IGI Individual Record
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